Medessou Surname
Approximately 180 people bear this surname
Medessou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 153 | 1:67,553 | 8,223 |
| Nigeria | 25 | 1:7,085,710 | 162,099 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
The alternate forms: Médessou (1) are calculated separately.
Medessou (99) may also be a first name.
Medessou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Medessou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Medessou is more commonly found in Benin than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant: Médessou. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Medessou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,272,314th most common family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 40,486,366 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Medessou live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 951,070th most commonly held first name worldwide It is held by 99 people.
The last name is most common in Benin, where it is borne by 153 people, or 1 in 67,553. In Benin it is primarily found in: Zou Department, where 42 percent are found, Littoral Department, where 19 percent are found and Mono Department, where 12 percent are found. Barring Benin Medessou exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 14 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Médessou | 96 | 1 | / |
| Medesso | 93 | 1 | / |
| Medesu | 86 | 2 | / |
| Mitdessou | 82 | 1 | / |
| Mediesseu | 82 | 1 | / |
| Midesso | 80 | 21 | / |
| Medisso | 80 | 12 | / |
| Medessa | 80 | 2 | / |
| Medeiso | 80 | 2 | / |
| Mededso | 80 | 1 | / |
| Medejszo | 75 | 25 | / |
| Medieseu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Medezo | 71 | 36 | / |
| Mideso | 71 | 29 | / |
| Medesseyi | 71 | 19 | / |
| Maidessoo | 71 | 8 | / |
| Miedejszo | 71 | 7 | / |
| Mediso | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mediosseu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Medisu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Medessaha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Medecho | 67 | 166 | / |
| Medecio | 67 | 22 | / |
| Medissa | 67 | 12 | / |
| Medesha | 67 | 10 | / |
| Maidaissou | 67 | 10 | / |
| Midessa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Medeišo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Medeisa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mediesa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Medesia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mydessa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mideyso | 67 | 1 | / |
| Medesae | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mideusu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mgedesa | 67 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Medessou
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